Wireless outdoor security camera.
 

Looking to add one camera that videos down my walkway and hits my driveway. Want something wireless for ease of setup.

Any recommendations? Things to be aware of with wireless cameras?

We use the Arlo Pro 2 and are very happy with it. Only downside is that it is motion activated - which means there are some false alarms when an animal moves in front of it.

I have video of a hummingbird just staring into it, wasps bussing around it, and one where a frog was trying to **** it.

Actually I don’t mind that but do you know how far the motion activation reaches? Some cameras record 24/7 and I’m worried about that just wasting storage space and data so motion activated would be ok with me.

What’s battery life on those?

I just got my whole house covered with a ring system just yesterday.

The camera works awesome

It will notice when someone is in the top left of the frame, and begins recording by the time they reach that bend in the walk. We have to charge the one at the front door about every three months, it goes off a lot due to birds and deliveries. The two we have in the back are going on 6 months since the last charge, and are down to about 15%.

http://i66.tinypic.com/2ep4roi.jpg

I have the ring video with night vision and spotlight when motion is detected.

It works rather well, and I can be at work and see "live" when motion detected from the app on my phone.

The only downside, is that I have a small tree in the line of sight that blows in the wind and triggers the video in the midday (often). There's a way to adjust the sensitivity, I believe, but I've been too lazy to check it out.

That all said, for 160-170 bucks - fantastic. Probably eventually get another for my back patio.

Blink was recommended to me more than once as well.

https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Home-Se...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

We like our Arlo Pros.

I had to troubleshoot an issue with a guys wifi system at his house. Found out that the wireless cameras work on the same frequency and can flood the area and **** with the wifi signal. Just something to consider.

Ring is a tad bit slow. It might be my internet speed, but I think it is more often my phone slowing it down and I am almost always on 4g.

Any issues with them not waking quick enough for motion? I researched these maybe 2 years back and seemed to be the problem is you’d just catch someone walking away after coming to your porch (think this may have just been no pro models).

Once in a while that happens, but usually it's good.

wish the neighborhood would invest in cameras that catch every license plate that enter the street

Is that your place?

Nice red door!

I'm in the same boat. Probably need about 3 cameras for solid coverage. Have you settled on anything lewdog?

I have foscam cameras. Used. Good picture. Pain in the ass getting to see them outside of my network. Comcast port forwarding sucks.

It is, and the door color is courtesy of the HOA CC&R's.

I like the red

Thanks. I’m weighing these vs having an execrician hardwire some outdoor nests which would seem like a pain and get expensive.

Us too, luckily - since we don't have a choice.

ROFL

That's why love the country

Still not being talked out of the Blink outdoor wireless camera. Looks affordable, good picture and a battery life that lasts longer than most.

https://blinkforhome.com/products/xt-one-camera-system

I have a stupid question. I have a lot in town away from my residence where I own a stone yard and it also has a double car storage building where I store my two boats and all my crap to take care of my rentals. On the lot I have 4 forklifts , a tractor and 4 trailers so there's easily 150K in equipment and stone sitting there.

I bought several of those fake security cameras and mounted them so have never had a problem YET?

If I put in one of these will I have to have internet/wifi service there ?

Glad you made this thread, Im looking at buying some too. Im also leaning towards the Blink...just waiting for a price drop. Amazon had a set of two for under $80 a few weeks ago.

The outdoor ones? Because I’m seeing one Blink camera for $130?

Let me know if you see a deal again. I’ll wait for one.

Yes outdoor, the XT but I was mistaken that price was for one. the 2 pack was $184 in June but been pretty much the same price since.

I think I might just buy one and see how I like it. I can get my walkway and where my car parks in driveway with the one camera.

My Blinks are excellent.

The Blink XT home security camera and/or package is all on sale right now.

Picked up a camera for $79.99 to try out. 10 minute setup and it's got a great picture. Can't beat that for the price.

https://i.imgur.com/jtaoEf2l.jpg?1

Yeah, wish I would have waited. Im up to 3 now. I'm pretty happy for the most part, the servers suck sometimes making it very slow to load video and the battery life is terrible if you have it set up like I do...best video quality, longest recording per clip and shortest amount of time between clips.

How long are the batteries lasting you?

At the most draining (but best) settings on my front porch that sees the most action about 2 weeks. The one on my driveway about 3 and I don't know about the one on my back porch, I keep it off most of the time because I just got a new puppy and got tired of setting it off every hour when he goes out to pee.

Can it use rechargeable batteries?

I've read it can't but others have said they will but could damage them. Only lithium batteries are recommended because they withstand extreme heat and cold.

Jesus. That’s a lot of batteries if replacing every few weeks.

My camera only goes off about 5-7x per day. Hoping I get more out of the batteries than you.

Blink just added "activity zones" with the latest update. Now you can grey out portions of your motion detector to prevent it from activating. This is huge! No more giant trucks setting off my driveway camera when they go by.

I have it set to record for 60 seconds with a retrigger time of 10 seconds on enhanced. I also get a lot of false triggers due to my high sensitivity...probably goes off 10+ times/day. The new activity zones should help a little.

What is the cheapest device you can buy for this purpose? A wireless security camera that will send the video to a cell phone or household device.

I dont know if Blink is the cheapest overall, but its the cheapest of the highly reviewed cameras that meets your criteria.

I actually picked up the 3 pack of Blink XTs on Black Friday. I will try to get them set up this weekend. I moved to a more rural area so I'm wondering how much the local wildlife will set it off.

One of my Blinks (the newest, had only a month) already shit out on me. I set it off at night and it started making a continuous loud clicking sound, now its toast. Luckily Amazon refunded my money even though it was a few days outside of their return policy. I hope this was just a fluke.